SSLYBA Recreation League
2025 Fall Registration is open!
Game Concept
Quickball is a fast-paced, high-repetition variation of baseball designed to maximize development and engagement. Unlike traditional 9 vs. 9 baseball, Quickball is played with three teams of 5 players rotating through batting, infield, and outfield, ensuring constant action, minimal sitting, and more opportunities to hit, throw, catch, and run.
Perfect for fall baseball, practices, or skills clinics, Quickball helps players finish their season stronger and better prepared for off-season development.
***Bring your 5-player team or a team can be found for your player.
Team Setup
3 teams of 5 players rotate through each role: Batting, Infield, Outfield - Suggested positions: Pitcher (P), Catcher (C), 1B, 2B, SS, 1–2 OF (adjust per team size) - Teams rotate roles after every 3 outs - Continuous batting order across innings.
*There may be instances where coaches pitch to help with pace of the game depending on age/skill level. There may also be instances where a 9-hole pitching target may be used in place of having a catcher*
Game Format
Each game lasts 5 innings (each team bats 5 times) - OR 1.5-hour time limit (Hard stop), whichever comes first. No new innings after 1hr 15min. When the batting team records 3 outs, OR scores 5 runs, teams rotate: - Batting team to Infield - Infield team to Outfield - Outfield team to Batting.
Pitching and Hitting Rules
*Coaches or game facilitators will pitch for Peewee/Minors/Boys majors games.
- Batters will receive 5 pitches and can foul off the 5th pitch multiple times
- Minors & Boys majors players can only swing and miss 3 times before it is a strikeout.
- Peewee players have the option to use a tee on the 5th pitch. This is to help with the speed of the game and confidence for players at this age level.
*Players will pitch for Girls Majors & Boys JR Thurman games.
- Batters will start with a 1-1 count.
Fielding Rules
Play continues until the pitcher has the ball in the mound/circle area. Standard force outs and tags apply, no infield fly rule.
Scoring
1 run per player who reaches home. Teams accumulate runs across innings. Score is tallied for all 3 teams. 5 run rule per inning with the last inning having unlimited runs.
Season Schedule
Program runs for 8 weeks on Saturdays
Dates: Aug. 23, 2025 – Oct. 11, 2025
*Games will tentatively be played starting at 12pm / 2pm / 4pm*
*Arrive early to warm up - games will start on time*
Player Grouping & Registration
Division Breakdown
Divisions are classified by the age of players by 9/1/2025:
Peewee – 7 and 8
Boys Minors – 9 and 10
Girls Minors – 9, 10, and 11
Boys Majors – 11 and 12
Girls Majors – 12, 13, and 14
Boys JR. Thurman – 13 and 14
*If a player wants to play up in age division, prior approval will be needed. Contact Jeremiah@sslyba.org to setup a time to discuss before registering*
Cost
Peewee/Minors/Boys majors - $60 for 8 weeks, paid in advance.
Girls Majors/Boys JR Thurman - $75 for 8 weeks, paid in advance.
*Registration will be open from 7/16/2025 - 8/9/2025*
Please contact jeremiah@sslyba.org prior to registering/paying if you have 3+ players in your household to register. We offer a discount.
Where
Our home facilities, Volunteer Fields, are located at 4840 Oster Rd. in Sheffield Village. Practices will be held at our home fields but may also take place at James Day Park or Ferndale Park.
A note about our Peewee division
For the 2025 season SSLYBA is looking to go back to girls softball and boys baseball in this coach pitch age. It has been awhile since we have had enough teams that it would make sense to separate. Please be aware when registering for peewee that there is the possibility we won't have enough teams to split and will remain a co-ed division. There is also the possibility of having a game or two against a team from a neighboring city.
Division Breakdown
Divisions are classified by the players CURRENT grade in school.
Totball - PreK, Ages 3-4
Teeball - PreK(if entering K in fall 2025) & Kindergartners
Peewee - 1st & 2nd Grade
Boys Minors - 3rd & 4th Grade
Girls Minors - 3rd, 4th & 5th Grade
Boys Majors - 5th & 6th Grade
Girls Majors - 6th, 7th & 8th Grade
Boys JR. Thurman - 7th, 8th & 9th Grade
When
SSLYBA's rec programs run between late April and mid July.
Practices will typically begin the last week of April depending on weather. Games begin in mid to late May and will conclude by mid July.
Please keep this in mind when planning vacations. It is not fair to the rest of the team if they have to forfeit their last game of the season during a July playoff due to lack of players in attendance.
Totball and Teeball teams will not begin until mid to late May.
Where
Our home facilities, Volunteer Fields, are located at 4840 Oster Rd. in Sheffield Village.
Practices will be held at our home fields but may also take place at James Day Park or Ferndale Park.
Practices
When are practices and how often are they?
Typically teams in the Peewee and older divisions will see two days of practice a week. When games are in full swing that number may reduce based on the teams game schedule and field availability.
Practice days are variable and often based on our volunteer coaches availability. Most practices will be 90 minutes either beginning at 5:15 or 6:45pm
Teeball players will have 1 weekday practice a week and 1 game on Saturday morning.
Totball players do not have weekday practices, just Saturday morning combined practice/game.
Games
How many games and where are they held?
Depending on the age level, there are typically 2 games per week once that part of the season begins. Games almost always fall Monday through Saturday and in very rare situations may be rescheduled for a Sunday to get makeups in.
Peewee is an 8-10 game season. Minors/Majors/Thurman is typically a 10-12 game regular season.
Equipment
The only necessity for a player to have would be a glove. Teams are provided catchers equipment, extra bats and helmets. Please keep in mind though that league helmets would be shared items and we understand that not everyone is comfortable with that. If you would not like your player to share a helmet, please provide your own.
Uniforms
The league will supply all players with a team shirt and league hat.
Players will need to provide their own baseball/softball pants. Pant colors will be decided based upon the team they are on but typically baseball players wear grey and softball players wear black pants. This does not apply to totball/teeball as at that age baseball/softball pants are not as necessary.
Volunteer to Coach
If you would like to volunteer to coach please register under the programs tab. You will be required to submit a background check, paid for by the league.
2025 Fall Program: Quickball
2025 Fall Registration is Closed
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